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Dr. Hasan Virji








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DR. HASAN VIRJI
IHDP Scientific Committee Member
Director
International START Secretariat
2000 Florida Avenue, N.W., Suite 200
Washington, D.C. 20009
USA
Tel: +1 202 462 2213
Fax: +1 202 457 5859
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AREAS OF INTEREST GEC Capacity Building, regional and integrative research, risk management, vulnerability and adaptation



PAST POSITIONS
  • Deputy Director, START
  • Executive Secretary of the U.S. Interagency Subcommittee on Global Change Research ;
  • Deputy Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program;
  • Associate Program Director for the Climate Dynamics Program of the U.S. National Science Foundation;
  • Academic and research positions at the University of Nairobi and University of Wisconsin.



PRESENT POSITIONS
  • Director of START (Global Change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training)



RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Leemans, R., Asrar, G., Busalacchi, A., Canadell, J., Ingram, J., Larigauderie, A., Mooney, H., Nobre, C., Patwardhan, A., Rice, M., Schmidt, F., Seitzinger, S., Virji, H., Vörösmarty, C. & Young, O., 2009. Developing a common strategy for integrative global environmental change research and outreach: the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP). Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 1(1): 4-13.
Snoussi, M., Kitheka, J., Shaghude, H., Kane, A., Arthurton, R., Le Tissier, M. & Virji, H., 2007. Downstream and coastal impacts of damming and water abstraction in Africa. Environmental Management, 39(5): 587-600.
Tyson, P.D., Fuchs, R., Fu, C., Lebel, L., Mitra, A.P., Odada, E., Perry, J., Steffen, W. & Virji, H. eds., 2002. Global-Regional Linkages in the Earth System. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag.

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